Improvement in plant-setting device



No. 87,037. PATBNTED PEB. 16, 1869, J. 0. FULLER. PLANT SETTING-DEVICE,

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Letters Patent No. 87,037, dated Februa/ry A16', 1 869.

' l IMPROVEMENT IN PLANT-SETTING DEVICE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

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Be itknowxi that I, J OHN O.' FULLER, of Phoenix,

in the county of5 Oswego, and State of New York, have invented a new tand improved Plant-Setting Device, or'implement'; and I dovhereby declare that the follow-7 ing is a full, clear; and exact description thereof, which will, enable those skilled in the art tomake and'use the mgreferencelheinghadlto the accompanyingtdrawings, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l'shows a front view of my invention, with the front shovel removed, and

Figure 2 shows a side view, with one removed. l

' Figures 3 and 4 are detail views.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

This invention Aeosist's in adropping-tube, having two pairs of small scrapers, or shovels, hinged 'to its lower end,one pair of shovels being for opening the ground, and the other pair for closing the dirt around v the plant after it has been dropped through the tube, the shovels being coupled tocommon handles, in such manner that the two ground-opening shovels are operated by a` single handle,.and the two closing-shovels shovel also operated by a second handle, as hereinafter, 1 nore v'ully explained.

I n the accompanying drawings- A is the dropping-tube, to the lower end 'of which are hinged twopairs of shovels, B B, C C, the two shovelsgB B being hinged or pivoted to opposite sides ofthe tubeand the shovels C G'bein'g hinged 'opposite toeach'other also.

Bot-h shovels B B connect with a vertically-sliding hand-rod, F, by means of arms b b, and links ff, and the shovels C 0, in like manner, connect with ahands rod, D, by means of rods c c, and links d d.

The lower end of the tubeis provided with a series of slight fingers, e, which are arranged around the lower mouth of the tube in a circular manner.

Its operation is as follows:

The shovels C C are brought into a closed position, as shown-in fig. 2, while the shovels B B arelet. ex-v tended, as seen in iig. 1, and the 'implement is then inserted into the. ground to the desired depth.

The operator now elevates the handle D, and this forms a hole'in the ground for receiving the plant.

The plant is next placed in the upper end of the tube, in an upright position, and falling through .the bore a of 'the` tube, it is received and steadied in its' upright position, below the' tube, by thengers e, as shown in g..3.

B are drawn together, and close the dirt around the plant, as-sen in g. 3, and the operation of setting a plant is completed'.

Witnesses:

J. C. HUromNsoN, E. DINGMAN.

vthrows out the shovels O (l, as shown in g. 4, and

The handle F now-being thrown up, the shovelsB By these means the operation is conducted with I and facility than by the ordinary 

